News in brief

PUB. DATE

December 1997

SOURCE

Cabinet Maker;12/12/97, Issue 5068, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents news updates related to the furniture industry and trade in Great Britain as of December 12, 1997. Appointment of Merchandising Italia Agencies as the British agent for German leather upholstery firm Expo; Licensing agreement between Slumberland and Australian firm Dream Haven; Increase in the number of store card accounts; Opening of a branch of the Japanese furniture retailer Tansu in Batley, England.

Describes the furniture industry in Tupelo, Mississippi. Display of furnitures by wood companies previously introduced in San Francisco or High Point; Opportunities for retailers to offer feedbacks on products; Impact of the West Coast dock shutdown to the furniture industry.